Two Langley shopkeepers say they will continue to sell Golliwog dolls because they are 91裸聊视频渘ot aracist thing at all.91裸聊视频�

Greg Bowles and Linda Hazelton, owners of the Black Pudding Imports Ltd. store, were respondingto a complaint by Surrey resident Taylor Walker, who said the imported British-made black dolls,which have eyes rimmed in white, big red lips and frizzy hair, were offensive.

Walker said she and her boyfriend were startled to see the dolls were for sale during a visit onSunday to the store on 203rd Street near 64th Avenue, which sells imported products from Britain,Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

91裸聊视频淲e were pleased with the British and Irish products they had until we got to the checkout andnoticed they were selling Golliwog memorabilia,91裸聊视频� Walker said.

Walker told the Black Press Media that she didn91裸聊视频檛 say anything at the time because shewanted to research the dolls before contacting the store.

91裸聊视频淚 just wanted to let them know that it was a very offensive item91裸聊视频� Walker said.

91裸聊视频淢y dad is black. He91裸聊视频檚 from the [U.S] south.91裸聊视频�

Walker said the dolls may have been fine at one time, but times have changed.

91裸聊视频淔or me, you look back and see things from years ago that were acceptable, now, it91裸聊视频檚 not okay,91裸聊视频�

Walker said.

91裸聊视频淚 think the number of those offended is bigger than those who have affection for them.91裸聊视频�

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Bowles said complaints about the dolls have been rare.

91裸聊视频淚n 20 years, we have only had four or five people say something,91裸聊视频� he said.

91裸聊视频淭here are dozens and dozens of [British import] stores in Canada91裸聊视频� that sell the dolls, Bowlesadded.

Linda Hazelton said she was 91裸聊视频渟hocked91裸聊视频� by the suggestion the dolls were racist.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a kid91裸聊视频檚 tale. It91裸聊视频檚 not a racist thing at all,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淪he91裸聊视频檚 [Walker] being oversensitive.91裸聊视频�

Hazelton said the store caters to 91裸聊视频淓nglish, Scottish, Irish and Welsh91裸聊视频� customers who grew up withthe children91裸聊视频檚 books.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a childhood memory for those people,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淲e sell tons of them.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淭hey sell them in England. They91裸聊视频檙e not banned anywhere.91裸聊视频�

Golliwog dolls are based on a character in an 1895 children91裸聊视频檚 book called The Adventures of TwoDutch Dolls and a Golliwogg by British author Florence Kate Upton, who described the character as91裸聊视频渢he blackest gnome.91裸聊视频�

It was a popular children91裸聊视频檚 toy in many European countries, but in recent years has become amagnet for controversy, with critics saying the doll was based on blackface worn by whiteperformers who crudely stereotyped black people.

According to a number of historical sources, the doll inspired the racial slur 91裸聊视频渨og.91裸聊视频�

Because of that, Hazelton and Bowles said, the toys are now called 91裸聊视频淕olly91裸聊视频� dolls.

In recent years, the controversy has led British jam makers Robertson91裸聊视频檚 to drop its trademarkGolliwog mascot and in Australia, Arnott91裸聊视频檚 Golliwog chocolate biscuit was renamed the Scalliwag.

However, when a 2018 poll asked 1,660 Britons whether it was 91裸聊视频渞acist to sell or display a golliwogdoll,91裸聊视频� it found most didn91裸聊视频檛 see a problem, with 63 per cent responding 91裸聊视频渘o,91裸聊视频� 20 per cent 91裸聊视频測es,91裸聊视频� and17 per cent 91裸聊视频� not sure.91裸聊视频�

The Ferris State University 91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� website said Golliwog dollswere the 91裸聊视频渓east known of the major anti-black caricatures in the United States.

Professor Dr. David Pilgrim said the character 91裸聊视频渙ften reflected negative beliefs about blacks[portraying them as] thieves, miscreants, incompetents.91裸聊视频�